Obituaries

Delphine Mankowski

Delphine Mankowski

May 31, 2015

Delphine "Dell" Mankowski, 90, formerly of West Duluth, went to her "happy home" to be with her precious Lord, Jesus on Sunday, May 31, 2015 at Keystone Bluffs surrounded by her family. She was born on November 16, 1924 to Frank and Rozalia Kuznia in Stephen, MN. Dell married Chester Mankowski on October 26, 1946 in St. Mary's Star...

Arnold Larson

Arnold Larson

May 25, 2015

Arnold W. Larson, 87, died May 25, 2015 at the Minnesota Veterans' Home in Silver Bay, MN. Arnie was born September 14, 1927 to Arnold G. and Ruth Larson in Albert Lea, MN. He grew up in Albert Lea and was active in sports. He attended St. Olaf College and left to serve in World War II. Afterwards, he...

Cleo Larson

Cleo Larson

May 23, 2015

Cleo A. Larson, 85, Duluth, died May 23, 2015 at Solvay hospice house with her family at her side. We will all miss her infectious smile. She was born in Duluth on May 27, 1929 to Gaudias and Laura Royer. Cleo was a 1947 graduate of the former St. Jean deBaptiste Catholic Church. She married James A. Larson in...

Theresa Wallen

Theresa Wallen

May 19, 2015

Theresa F. Wallen, age 85, Duluth, died May 19, 2015 at Golden Oaks in Hermantown. She was born in Duluth on January 2, 1930 and was a 1949 Graduate of Denfeld High School. Theresa married Orville Wallen in Duluth in October, 1951. She had worked at Minnesota Woolen for 17 years and later had a home daycare for 10...

Genevieve Beaudoin

Genevieve Beaudoin

May 9, 2015

Genevieve Beaudoin, age 95, Duluth, died MAY 9, 2015 at Bayshore Residence. She was born in McKinley, MN, on September 1, 1919 to John and Mary Mushinski. She later married Russell Beaudoin at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Duluth. Gen had worked in the bakery department at the former Denfeld Super Valu for over 20 years. She was...

Eva Andersen

Eva Andersen

May 5, 2015

Eva Helaine Andersen of Duluth passed away on May 5, 2015. Helaine was born June 8, 1921 in Bark River, Mich., to Ruth and Rudolph Dahlberg. She grew up in Bark River and graduated from Bark River Harris High School, Class of 1939. She moved to Duluth in 1941, working for Northwestern Bell Telephone Company as an Operator (A...

Gilbert Johnson

Gilbert Johnson

May 2, 2015

Gilbert W. "Gil" Johnson, 91, of Edgewood Vista, passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 2, 2015 in Miller Dwan Hospital. Gil was born in Duluth on June 16, 1923 to Gilbert and Amy Johnson. He was a 1941 graduate of Central High School and served in the Army Air Force in Kunming, China where they supplied oxygen for the...

Dorothy Stone

Dorothy Stone

Apr 22, 2015

Dorothy Leona Stone, 94, of Duluth passed away April 22, 2015 at St. Mary's Hospital. Dorothy was born on July 3, 1920 to Joseph and Theresa Vogel, and grew up in Melrose, MN. She graduated from Melrose High School and moved to Minneapolis, where she met Chester A. Stone. They married on December 13, 1940 and moved to Duluth,...

Vera Lick

Vera Lick

Apr 15, 2015

Vera A. Lick of Duluth died April 15, 2015, at Evergreen Knoll in Cloquet. She was 96. Vera was born in Superior, Wis., March 23, 1919, to Julius and Hulda Olson. She was a graduate of Willow River High School and teachers college. On May 6, 1939, she married Albert Lick of Hinckley, Minn., where the couple lived until...

Thelma Liebertz

Thelma Liebertz

Apr 9, 2015

Thelma Marguerite (Dickinson) Liebertz, 99 of Duluth, MN, passed away Thursday April 9, 2015 at Essential Health St. Mary's, after a brief illness. She was born in Marion Twp, Michigan on November 20, 1915, the oldest of five children, to William and Mina (Stoner) Dickinson. She graduated from Owosso High School, in Owosso Michigan, in 1933. Thelma was employed...

Kathleen Stevens

Kathleen Stevens

Apr 7, 2015

Kathleen Rae (Hermanson) Stevens, age 68, Duluth, died April 7, 2015 in Duluth. She was born in Duluth on October 9, 1946 to Carl and Betty Hermanson. Kathy was a 1964 graduate of Duluth Central High School. After graduation, she worked for St. Louis County Social Services, retiring in 2008. During her working years Kathy was involved in union...

Olive Martineau

Olive Martineau

Apr 6, 2015

Olive "Lol" Martineau, age 90, Duluth, died April 6, 2015 in Safe Harbor at the Benedictine Health Center. She was born in Duluth on December 22, 1924, to Albert and Lada Poissant. Olive was a graduate of St. Jean's Catholic School and later married Harold "Marty"Martineau on September 20, 1950, in Duluth. She had worked in the office at...

Dorothy Kurn

Dorothy Kurn

Apr 5, 2015

Dorothy E. Kurn, 101, Duluth, died on Easter Sunday, April 5, 2015, with family at her side. She was born on Aug. 9, 1913 in Superior, Wis., to Andrew and Clara Knutson. Dorothy was a graduate of Superior Central High School and the St. Mary's School of Nursing in Superior. As an RN, Dorothy was head nurse of the...

Raymond Tessier

Raymond Tessier

Apr 1, 2015

Raymond George Tessier, 88, Duluth, died April 1, 2015, at Solvay Hospice House, surrounded by his family. He was born in Duluth on July 9, 1926 to Joseph and Bertha Tessier. Raymond grew up in the West End and was a 1944 graduate of St. Jean's High School. He was a Navy Veteran of World War II, serving in...

Jolene Peterson

Jolene Peterson

Mar 26, 2015

Jolene M. Peterson, 83, formerly of Island Lake and Keystone Bluffs, died Thursday, March 26, 2015 in St. Luke's Hospice. Jolene was born on June 27, 1931 to William and Beatrice Lueck in Deerwood, MN. She was preceded in death by her parents, stepfather, Harold Murphy, and husband, Jerry. She is survived by two sons, Steve (Donna) and Russell;...

Marion DeWitt

Marion DeWitt

Mar 19, 2015

Marion A. DeWitt, 95, a lifelong Duluth resident, passed away in her West Duluth home on Thursday, March 19, 2015, with family and friends at her bedside. Marion was born in Duluth on June 9, 1919, to Charles and Annie Addison. She graduated in 1937 from Wrenshall High School and in 1939 from Duluth State Teachers College. She began...

Mary Francisco

Mary Francisco

Mar 19, 2015

Mary C. (Arezzo) Francisco, 92, formerly of North 42nd Ave West, died Thursday, March 19, 2015 at Golden Oaks in Proctor. She was born on August 7, 1922 in LaSalle, IL to William and Frances Arezzo. Mary was a Duluth resident most of her life, working as a telephone operator and at the family owned Francisco's Bakery in West...

Philip Sever

Philip Sever

Mar 18, 2015

Philip S. Sever, 81, of 103rd Ave West, died Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at his residence. He was born in Duluth January 11, 1934 to Frank and Anna (Rozich) Sever. Philip was a graduate of Cathedral High School and served in the Navy during the Korean War. He worked for the State of Minnesota as a grain inspector and...

Bernice Gelineau

Bernice Gelineau

Mar 12, 2015

Bernice E. Gelineau, 89, of Faith Haven, formerly of Smithville, passed away Thursday, March 12, 2015 at St. Eligius Health Center. She was born in Duluth on October 6, 1925 to Elmer and Mable Kovsky. Bernice attended Morgan Park High School and married Eugene Gelineau in Moose Lake, MN in 1952. Bernice was a homemaker, raising her five children....

Dorothy Carlson

Dorothy Carlson

Mar 5, 2015

Dorothy M. Carlson, 88, of Duluth, passed away Thursday, March 5, 2015 at the Solvay Hospice House. She was born in Duluth on July 17, 1926 to George and Esther (Erickson) LaFlamme. Dorothy was a graduate of St. Jean's Catholic School and had worked as a telephone operator for Northwestern Bell. She married Ed Carlson on February 5, 1949...